Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: and you might like to check out the growing collection of curated slang words for different topics over at Slangpedia. There is still lots of work to be done to get this slang thesaurus to give consistently good results, but I think it's at the stage where it could be useful to people, which is why I released it. Please also note that due to the nature of the internet (and especially UD), there will often be many terrible and offensive terms in the results. Or you might try boyfriend or girlfriend to get words that can mean either one of these (e.g. The search algorithm handles phrases and strings of words quite well, so for example if you want words that are related to lol and rofl you can type in lol rofl and it should give you a pile of related slang terms.
The higher the terms are in the list, the more likely that they're relevant to the word or phrase that you searched for. Note that this thesaurus is not in any way affiliated with Urban Dictionary.ĭue to the way the algorithm works, the thesaurus gives you mostly related slang words, rather than exact synonyms. The official Urban Dictionary API is used to show the hover-definitions. These indexes are then used to find usage correlations between slang terms. The Urban Thesaurus was created by indexing millions of different slang terms which are defined on sites like Urban Dictionary. Icons of Hip Hop also notes that some producers, such as Diddy, Lil Jon, and Jermaine Dupri, "have transitioned from a hype man role to become rappers and stars in their own right". Spliff Star ( Busta Rhymes' hype man).Proof of D12 ("who played Eminem's onstage hype man for many of his world tours").Jay-Z began his career as a hype man for Jaz-O according to MTV and Vibe magazine and was later the hype man for Big Daddy Kane according to New Times Broward-Palm Beach. The Hilltop also notes, “Flavor Flav is credited with developing the humorous aspect of the hype man character”.
The book Icons of Hip Hop says Public Enemy's hype man Flavor Flav's "most significant impact on hip-hop was undoubtedly his popularization of this role". Kool Moe Dee calls Creole “the original hype man”. usually it's just a matter of getting somebody to hit some line or some word in a line - that's all you really need." Notable hype menĮarly hip-hop hype men included Cowboy and Creole of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
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ĭiscussing the role of the hype man in the book How to Rap, Royce da 5'9" describes how a hype man can contribute to a live performance: "a lot of my verses be so constant with the flow I'd need somebody to help me do the hype man thing - I got a good hype man, so it always works," and Lateef adds that a hype man is needed in order to perform certain words or phrases so that the main MC has time to catch his breath - "you're gonna have to have somebody say something somewhere to give you a breath. Music writer Mickey Hess expands the term as follows: "a hype man is a figure who plays a central but supporting role within a group, making his or her own interventions, generally aimed at hyping up the crowd while also drawing attention to the words of the MC". A hype man in hip-hop music and rapping is a “backup rapper/singer who is also responsible for increasing an audience's excitement with call-and-response chants” according to The Hilltop and author Grant Barrett.
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